Genesis 44:22

Modern English Version

We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

Cross References

Genesis 42:38

But Jacob said, “My son must not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should happen to him on the journey you are to make, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.”

Genesis 44:21

“You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.’

Genesis 44:23

You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’

Genesis 44:30

“Now therefore when I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,